Polly howser Speaker series & Award

Hammond hosted the second installment of the Polly Howser Speaker Series on April 26. The series is funded by friends and family of the late Howser, the first female chair of Hammond’s board of trustees. It brings an accomplished female leader to campus each year to give a talk for Hammond students and also honors a female member of the freshman class each year with the Polly Howser Leadership Award

This year’s speaker was Jodie McLean, CEO of EDENS, one of the nation’s leading private real estate developers. McLean, a former Hammond parent and trustee, delivered her talk to the upper school student body before answering questions fielded by past recipients

Preston Swarat ‘24 and Logan Rivers ‘25. Following the Q&A, freshman Madge Miller was honored as the 2023 recipient of the Polly Howser Leadership Award. A reception with Howser’s family and friends followed in the lobby of the Bank of America Theatre